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The table above shows that total sales recorded in July for the 5 salespeople at Acme Truck Sales. It was discovered that one of Cal's sales was incorrectly recorded as one of Ann's sales. After this error was corrected, Ann's total sales were still higher than Cal's total sales, and the median of the 5 sales totals was $330,000. What was the value of the incorrectly recorded sale?

a) $30,000
b) $48,000
c) $90,000
d) $120,000
e) $140,000



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Ann $450,000
Bob $360,000
Cal $190,000
Dot $210,000
Ed $680,000


The table above shows that total sales recorded in July for the 5 salespeople at Acme Truck Sales. It was discovered that one of Cal's sales was incorrectly recorded as one of Ann's sales. After this error was corrected, Ann's total sales were still higher than Cal's total sales, and the median of the 5 sales totals was $330,000. What was the value of the incorrectly recorded sale?

a) $30,000
b) $48,000
c) $90,000
d) $120,000
e) $140,000
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D - if the median is 330k, then either Cal or Ann must be 330k after the correction. For Cal to be, Ann would be less than Cal. For Ann to be Cal is 310, ann is 330 - the difference was 120k.



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